Bodybuilding introduction.
Bodybuilding is the procedure of improving and increasing muscle tissue. This can be achieved, in a long term, with a combination  of weight training, rest and specialized diet enriched with food supplements.
Bodybuilding pages have been included on this website for three reasons. The first one is, because this activity can be a part or the base of a fitness plan, providing health safety is not compromised in favor of competitive gains. The second reason is that we intend to address and emphasize the risks which are involved because of the use of drugs associated with bodybuilding. Finally, the third reason is that we want to focus on bodybuilding supplementation products that can be used with safety, providing this is done according to a specialist's advice.
By many people bodybuilding is considered unhealthy activity, because it has been
associated
with abuse of anabolic steroids and other drugs.
Although bodybuilding has not been recognized by the international Olympic Committee as a sport, competitive bodybuilding is considered as such by a lot of people and plenty of contests take place worldwide. Bodybuilders display their physique to a group of judges who assign points based on the athlete's esthetic appearance.
There are certain physique standards that bodybuilders have to reach in competitive bodybuilding. The contest requires proper proportions of different parts of the body and it is not just a matter of large muscles. Bodybuilders follow a specific sequence of poses to show their physique in front of the judges. This is why bodybuilders, apart from weigh training, devote significant effort in performing these poses while practicing.
Contesters are not judged for their physical strength. Thus, bodybuilding has nothing to do with competitive weight lifting which is an Olympic sport.
In the 1980s women began to
participate
in bodybuilding contests. However, they often encounter difficulties, since the judging standards for women bodybuilders change nearly every year. Apart from that, according to the public notion, bodybuilding may distort feminine physique and young girls are often discouraged by their environment to get involved with this activity.
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